Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Mink Lake Property - 1986, Williamson Group - 1930, Rouleau Option - 1936, Mile 14 1/2 - 1930, Clement Option - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Chabanel
Latitude: 48° 2' 27.5" Longitude: -84° 44' 43.19"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668050.45 Northing: 5323313.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SE
Point Location Description: Trenches at east end of lake
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site lies on the southeast side of Mink Lake between the railway tracks and the lakeshore. The property is accessible by driving along the Steephill Falls Road north from the east end of Wawa Lake to Siderite Junction for approximately 8 km. Once past Siderite Junction, take the left fork of the bush road and head cross country towards the railway tracks. Follow the railway tracks for approximately 2 km to the site.
1930s: M. Williamson et al. - staking, trenching 1936: J. Errington - 10 ddh (1703 ft) 1938: Erie Canadian Mines Ltd. - sampling, 1937: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. - sampling. 1944: Algoma Ore Properties - sampling. 1983-87: Noranda Exploration - VLFEM and magnetometer survey, geological mapping, trenching. 1998-2004: E. Korba and H. Hutteri - ground geophysics, mapping, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Chabanel.72/ 2.28551 | 42C02SE2013 | 42C02SE2013 |
| Chabanel 0032 | 42C02SE0083 | 42C02SE0083 |
| WP Chabanel 2 / 2.9837 | 42C02SE0066 | 42C02SE0066 |
| WP Chabanel.30, 2.19337 | 42C02SE2004 | 42C02SE2004 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR5888
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within intermediate to felsic metavolcanics of the second volcanic cycle.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Crystal Tuff | 1 | Intermediate To Felsic | Quartz Eye Crystal Tuff | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host | |
| Gabbro | 3 | Gabbro | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The prospect consists of a large lense or discontinuous series of quartz-carbonate veins within coarse fragmental rhyolite or schistose rhyolite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 08, 2016 (A Wilson) - Pyrite and arsenopyrite are prominent within the vein system and the gold is intimately associated with the arsenopyrite. A grab sample taken by the OGS in 1975 returned a value of 0.01 oz./t Au, and 0.80 oz./t Au. Erie Canadian Gold Mines also had similar results from channel samples within the mineralized quartz-carbonate. These values ranged from 0.05 oz./t Au to 0.15 oz./t Au. Samples taken from the diamond drill core returned similar gold values. A grab sample collected by Algoma Steel in 1944 returned 0.21 oz./t Au. The best value obtained from drilling returned 0.086 oz./t Au over 44 ft. Assays from drilling completed by Noranda in 1986 returned assays up to 6.5 g/t Au over 3 m. Grab samples collected by Korba and Hutteri returned values up to 11.89 g/t Au.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irregular | 2800 | 6 | 60 | 90 | 2750 MA | OFR5888 |
Map - Geological series, McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, formerly Township 29, Range 23, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0828 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1973
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Chabanel Township, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2439 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Rebic Z., Abercrombie S., Neale K., MacMillan D.W., England D., Calvert T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Central Portion
Publication Number: P3303 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1994
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Chabanel Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1987
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
MonoMap - Geology of McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5283 Page: 148-150 Date: 1979
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 141 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 107 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGP
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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